Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-19
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Austria Continues to Hasten Her
Preparations for War - M0bili.
cation Arrangements.
The French Minister of tho Navy Asks
for a Credit to Extend Over
Several Years.
AUsTRIA's WAR PREPARATIONS.

VIENNA, Jan. lS.-The government
continues to hasten preparations for wa.
Orders have been issued instructing the
Red Cross Society to raise the STATS of
the hospitals under its management to
their full strength, and to quadruple the
number of beds in those institutions.
Large contracts have been made for pro-
visions delirets5le to the war depart
ment in March. Railway officials who
we're recently summoned to Vienna to
consult with the government resps citing
the transportation of troops in event OF
the mobilization of the army, have Just
reported that the preparations winch
were decided upon have been completed
FRANCES NAVY.
PARIS, Jan IS AT the cabinet council
to day Admiral Aube, minister of marine,
withdrew the Dill providing for special
grant for naval Construction and fortitl-
cation. of harbor- and announced that he
would only ask the chambers on account
OF his department for credit to spread
over several years, but not to exceed
100000 francs.
ENGLISH GUNBoAT WRECKED.
LONDON, Jan. lS.-The British gun
boat Firm wss wrecked to-day or the
Northumberland coast. Nineteen Of the
crew were saved by means of the rocket
apparatus of the life-saving service. The
fate of the others is as yet unknown. The
Firm is composite gunboat of 45G tons,
and has been used as tender to the iron
turrett ship Devastation.
A BIG STEAL.
PARIS, Jan. lS-The chief clerk of the
Paris postOffice has stolen 400, { 90 francs
in postal money orders and fled.
CABLE NOTES.
LONDON, Jan. S.-A rumor is current
at Metz that all the imperial government
officials there have been privately in
formed that they will have to send their
wives to Germany within three days after
the issuance of decree ordering the mo-
biizaion CT the army.
1t is reported that Russia has refused
the request OF the German ambassador at
st. Petersburg to make an exception in
favor Ct Germans to the decree COMPEL
ling foreign owners OF Russian lands to
become naturalized or sell out.
MUST BE READY FOR SERVICE.
LONDON, Jan. Is Several Germans in
England have received kilograms from
the German consulate in London request
ing them to be prepared to return to
Germany at twenty-iour hours notice
and report for duty at their respective
military headquarters.
NEWSPAPERS SUPPRESSED.
VIENNA, Jan. lS.-The whole editions
of two newspapers in this city were con,
fScated to-day, because they contained
detailed accounts of the gomernment's
military preparations. The censor, how
ever, did not touch the Deutsche Zeitung,
which announces mobilizing experiment
with one brigade and says that the
strategic railway from Dembica,
Galicia, TO Nadbrezezie on the frontier |
will be hastily completed.
GLADSTONE SUMMONS HIS FOLLOWERS. |
LONDON, Jan. l8-Mr. Gladstone has |
sent to his parliamentary followers a cir
cular, urgently requesting them to be |
present at the opening of parliament.
AMERICAN PRODUCTS.
BERLIN, Jan. 19.-The new: papers of |
the empire announce that arrangements
American products at Mannheim in the !
autumn. The exhibition is especially in |
tended to show what Germans have done |
to promote culture and business enter
prises in America. The management
hope to make the exhibition permanent
RUSSIAN LOANS.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. is French tinan-
ciers have submitted several proposals TO
the Russian ministers with the object of |
making loans to Russia.
IDDESLEIGH MEMORIAL SERVICE.
LONDON, Jan. 1S.-A memorial service |
in honor of the late Lord Iddesleigh was
held to-day in Westminster Abbey. The
duke of Cambridge, Prime Minister Sails
bury and many representatives of the
nobility and e throDg of prominent men,
oers OF all political parties were present.